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In Remembrance: Roswell H. Rudd Jr. ’58 Died on December 21 2017

Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. passed away on December 21, 2017, at his home in Kerhonkson, New York. He was 82 and had battled prostate cancer.  A jazz trombonist, he enjoyed renown during the 1960s before moving into teaching. He later returned to recording and performing, and experienced a resurgence in popularity in the late 1990s.  At Yale he was a member of the Dixieland band Eli's Chosen Six.

The New York Times published an extensive story about Rudd on December 26, 2017.

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